Putin warns EU that will be difficult to return to the Russian market.

El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, advirtió a la Unión Europea (EU) que le será difícil volver al mercado alimentario ruso, una vez éste sea ocupado por empresas latinoamericanas y asiáticas.

“El peligro para nuestros tradicionales suministradores es que cuando una compañía se asienta en un mercado, en este caso en el ruso, apartarla ya va a ser muy difícil después, sino imposible”, dijo Putin en declaraciones a la televisión pública rusa.

In your opinion, “las compañías europeas lo entienden, por lo que están muy decepcionadas con sus Gobiernos” por su política de sanciones contra Moscú.

Putin, que prohibió las importaciones de alimentos, Western fruits and vegetables in response to sanctions against Russia for its role in the Ukrainian conflict, recognized that, “unfortunately” Russian producers cannot cover these imports.

"That's why, now we work with other foreign producers. They are Latin American countries: Brazil, Argentina, Chile. Also with our Asian partners: Chinese producers and those from other countries”, He said.

“Afterwards it will be difficult to move suppliers that consolidate in our market or it will be almost impossible”, Putin warned,in relation to European suppliers, What, according to him, They understand it and feel disappointed by their governments.

And he described as “laughable” the European attempts to convince these countries not to export their production to our market..

“It is difficult to imagine that businessmen will not take advantage of the opportunity to access our market”, pointed out.

In Moscow supermarkets, the shortage of European fruit and vegetable products is already noticeable, especially fruits (citrus and apples), vegetables (tomatoes and peppers) and dairy (cheeses and yogurts).

Analysts believe that the import ban introduced by the Kremlin will cause an increase in prices, despite the government's strenuous efforts to prevent Russian consumers from paying the price.